Thursday Evening Update: Snow still on Track

10pm Thursday…

No changes to our forecast this evening…in fact we’ve now reached the point before a “weather event” where there’s nothing left to do except sit back and see what happens. Here’s a general look a the areas west of the Cascades where we expect to get a dusting (white)

and 1″ or more

All our models still in agreement on the coverage of snow tomorrow and we won’t get anything new between now and arrival of snow. Main (or all) action is expected on the central Coast and central/southern Willamette Valley. Here’s our evening RPM model depiction of snow accumulation…sorry about the hole in the metro area; it’s a combination of most of the moisture staying to our south and strong east wind drying out the lower elevations.

Timing is slowed down a little; it may not start in the valley until 8-10am. We don’t know exactly when and won’t get any new information before that time except by watching the radar during the post-midnight hours.

Coast should be about to start getting some flurries, radar shows that on the north coast. It should reach the central coast by 5-6am.

Portland metro area won’t get much colder tonight (mid-upper 20s), but wind should be gusting pretty good for the morning commute and beyond. We haven’t had a windy and cold day like what’s coming Friday in quite a few years. Sudden those “bitter cold” 36 degree calm days will seem mild!

Stay warm!

I will be sleeping later tonight, like regular people, so no posts until around 9am tomorrow. During that time, I highly suggest you check for updates on Twitter or Facebook from Brian and Andy. I’m pretty sure Brian will be storming through social media 3-9am.

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It will be a fun one. Bands rotating in behind the current could push some areas over 2 inches. L looks like it’s moving closer to the coast. Not sure yet if it will swing in between Tillamook and Newport before the forecasted drift south, but if it did….look out.

Ha ha! I don’t mean to start anything, but yeah, that L is definitely north and east of forecast. Looks like an inch or two for the Metro area. Hey NWS, time to update those snow advisories. Oh and….Bust! And what a glorious bust it is.

Currently snowing here in NE PDX. Breezy east winds, snow swirling around in the street, and a light dusting is underway. Current temp has dropped a degree in the last 10 minutes to 24.8, and dewpoint has risen to 18, so despite the dry East winds, the lower levels of the atmosphere are moistening, which is a good sign if you want snow locally today.

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